Traditional carillons in North America:
index by year of original installation

This is an index to the 186
existing (or contracted) and 8 former North American
traditional carillons,
in order by year of initial installation or attainment of carillon status.
Included are indications of when carillons were lost for various reasons.
Thus the sequencing of this index shows the historical development
of the art of the carillon in this region.

Instruments which were installed or lost in the same year are listed
in order by the city name without regard to the exact date
on which the work was finished.
After the year, a letter indicates that the instrument

C - is still complete as originally installed;

E - was enlarged to its present carillon size from a chime;

F - was later enlarged to its present size;

I - was first enlarged to carillon size from a chime
(and later enlarged to its present size);

K - had a traditional keyboard and action added;

* - was originally located elsewhere

Status changes which removed an instrument from this list
or restored to it after a period of degradation are stated plainly.
All instruments marked "dismantled" were later installed (often in a different location)
as non-traditional carillons.
In every case, the site data page linked from this index gives the details
of those status changes.

The "Nr." column at left shows how many traditional carillons existed in North America
at the end of each calendar year, after the additions (+) and subtractions (-)
that occurred during that year.
Here's the graph of those figures against time: